ComponentXmlWriter (JasperReports master-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractComponentXmlWriter, ComponentsXmlWriter, IconLabelComponentXmlWriter, SortComponentXmlWriter, SpiderChartXmlWriter
```
public interface ComponentXmlWriter
```
A component writer is responsible for producing a XML representation of component instances.
Its function is inverse to the one of XmlDigesterConfigurer, which transforms XML fragments into object instances.

Author:

Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isToWrite(JRComponentElement componentElement, JRXmlWriter reportWriter)`	Specifies whether this component should be written out.
`void`	`writeToXml(JRComponentElement componentElement, JRXmlWriter reportWriter)`	Outputs the XML representation of a component.

- Method Detail
  - isToWrite
```
boolean isToWrite(JRComponentElement componentElement,
                  JRXmlWriter reportWriter)
```
    Specifies whether this component should be written out. This is useful for versioning.
  - writeToXml
```
void writeToXml(JRComponentElement componentElement,
                JRXmlWriter reportWriter)
         throws java.io.IOException
```
    Outputs the XML representation of a component.
    
    Parameters:
    
    componentElement - the component element
    
    reportWriter - the report writer to which output is to be written
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - exceptions produced while writing to the output stream
    
    See Also:
    
    ComponentKey.getNamespacePrefix(), JRXmlWriter.getXmlWriteHelper()